Hope, Pray, Love, Nourish in Life.
Terrance Lofton, Fond du Lac, WI. Let us all continue to move forward by realizing we have issues and problems.
Blinded grandfather gave granddaughter excellent vision
Nicole, East Lansing, MI. My grandfather was blind all my life. All I knew was that there was an accident. It wasn’t until he passed...
Rooted in hatred, Risen in Understanding
Shawna, CA I am White. Every white person in my life has always been so hateful and this has shown me what not to be...
My dear friend’s current life below
Susan Nickason, Penfield, NY. Listening to the news this evening about the Charleston shooting, I hear “what harms our neighbor, harms us” This speaks to...
Built on love but not trust.
Jaylene Ortiz, Harrisburg, PA. America is built off of a foundation of love, but where is the trust? How much can we trust each other?...
I fell for the assimilation trap
Brian Roberts, Gaithersburg, MD. I am a middle-aged American black man. I thought that if I lived my life as a solid citizen, went to...
Si Senor, yo soy del Bario
Elizabeth Gonzalez, Hodgkins, IL. I am proud of living in my neighborhood. I did not choose to be born a Latina or living in this...
We plan life so we’re safe.
Jamie Haines, Franklin, VA. As an inter-racial lesbian couple in Virginia, we have to plan carefully. Will that small diner be safe? Can we vacation...
How Did You Get This Job?
Charlie Perkins This question was posed to me by one of my staff when I started my career at Mayo Clinic. I joined Mayo after...
Plants, birds, people – celebrate life’s colors.
Rose Mary Prifest, Wayne State, Harper Woods, MI If there is anything important I learned in my lifetime, it’s acceptance of peoples’ differences. The key...
A harder life not being white
Brian Lester, New Zealand I only realized in recent years I had a privileged upbringing.
School integration enriched my white life.
Cynthia Waszak Geary, Baltimore, MD. I grew up in Durham, NC and attended Hillside High School as part of the first court ordered desegregation plan...
Everyone’s life is worth living.
Samantha Cleary, Bloomfield, NJ All lives can’t matter until Black Lives Matter! We all need to stay strong and support everyone we especially when we...
